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There’s a new #OpenStreetMap website feature related to #Wikidata!
When viewing objects in OSM that have a Wikidata tag, you can now click the Wikidata icon to turn the opaque QID values into human-readable info (plus a link to Wikipedia if any).

As we're getting more into hikes around our new home – and I record tracks of them to also improve #openstreetmap – I've made a #wanderer profile at @… to share some nice trails.
It's an open source trail/track sharing platform that's federated thanks to #ActivityPub, so if you can read this post, you can follow my profile there too!*
* that is except you read this through the bridge to BlueSky, then you're out of luck and should give the actual Fediverse another try 😉

InterKey: Cross-modal Intersection Keypoints for Global Localization on OpenStreetMap
Nguyen Hoang Khoi Tran, Julie Stephany Berrio, Mao Shan, Stewart Worrall
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.13857

InterKey: Cross-modal Intersection Keypoints for Global Localization on OpenStreetMap
Reliable global localization is critical for autonomous vehicles, especially in environments where GNSS is degraded or unavailable, such as urban canyons and tunnels. Although high-definition (HD) maps provide accurate priors, the cost of data collection, map construction, and maintenance limits scalability. OpenStreetMap (OSM) offers a free and globally available alternative, but its coarse abstraction poses challenges for matching with sensor data. We propose InterKey, a cross-modal framework…

I saw that I have just passed a million total #OpenStreetMap map changes according to HDYC! 🎉🗺️
While this might seem a lot, this is still less than some of my OSM friends that have over 2 or 3 million changes.

I'm planning to run my own #dawarich server to keep track of my location history for quite a while already.
In the meantime, I just look at my #Openstreetmap edit history to see where I've been and when, and it works surprisingly well!
It doesn't bother me that anyone…

How we cleaned the http only URLs for #Bulgaria in #osm? https://talkweb.eu/openweb/4472/

After yesterday's day at the workshop focused on remote mapping, today it's time for folks to learn how to go out and do some field mapping with @… & ChatMap.
#openstreetmap

I like when my train leaves Szczecin via Dziewoklicz. The route via Port Centralny is cool too, but nature is my thing.
#rail

Extracting Realistic Pedestrian, Cycling, and Driving Street Networks from OpenStreetMap
https://isprs-archives.copernicus.org/articles/XLVIII-4-W13-2025/103/2025/

Heute vor 67 Jahren: Am 06.08.1958 kam es bei Enewetak zum Atomtest Operation Hardtack I, "Quince". Dieser Test war Teil einer Serie von 35 #Atomtests, die die USA im Sommer 1958 auf den #Marshallinseln im Pazifik durchführten.

Investigating the Ways in Which Mobile Phone Images with Open-Source Data Can Be Used to Create an Augmented Virtual Environment (AVE)
Russell Beale, Daniel Rutter
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.14374

Investigating the Ways in Which Mobile Phone Images with Open-Source Data Can Be Used to Create an Augmented Virtual Environment (AVE)
This paper presents the development of an interactive system for constructing Augmented Virtual Environments (AVEs) by fusing mobile phone images with open-source geospatial data. By integrating 2D image data with 3D models derived from sources such as OpenStreetMap (OSM) and Digital Terrain Models (DTM), the proposed system generates immersive environments that enhance situational context. The system leverages Python for data processing and Unity for 3D visualization, interconnected via UDP-ba…

Evaluating the Quality of Open Building Datasets for Mapping Urban Inequality: A Comparative Analysis Across 5 Cities
Franz Okyere, Meng Lu, Ansgar Brunn
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.12872

Evaluating the Quality of Open Building Datasets for Mapping Urban Inequality: A Comparative Analysis Across 5 Cities
While informal settlements lack focused development and are highly dynamic, the quality of spatial data for these places may be uncertain. This study evaluates the quality and biases of AI-generated Open Building Datasets (OBDs) generated by Google and Microsoft against OpenStreetMap (OSM) data, across diverse global cities including Accra, Nairobi, Caracas, Berlin, and Houston. The Intersection over Union (IoU), overlap analysis and a positional accuracy algorithm are used to analyse the simil…

J'ai amélioré les cartes de @… !
Surella un nouveau bar Š Barsac (33)
Très belle ambiance dans un cadre ultra charmant, un incontournable dans la région!

OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

No mountains for us today.
We were busy at home and had a walk in #badtoelz including the city park afterwards.
(did a lot of #Openstreetmap mapping there as well 😉 - get the #StreetComplete

I found a map of Wisconsin Supper Clubs...
#wisconsin…

Wie muss man eigentlich bei #OSM Drängelgitter/Umlaufsperren taggen, die so eng sind, dass sie mit Lastenrad nicht passierbar sind bzw. wo man das Rad drüber tragen muss?
Ich frage für https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/3860400

Node: 386040073
OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

Huch, Quer (BR) nutzt in einem Beitrag nicht GoogleMaps, sondern Maptiler (OpenStreetMap) (#openstreetmap

Adaptive Motorized LiDAR Scanning Control for Robust Localization with OpenStreetMap
Jianping Li, Kaisong Zhu, Zhongyuan Liu, Rui Jin, Xinhang Xu, Pengfei Wan, Lihua Xie
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.11742

Adaptive Motorized LiDAR Scanning Control for Robust Localization with OpenStreetMap
LiDAR-to-OpenStreetMap (OSM) localization has gained increasing attention, as OSM provides lightweight global priors such as building footprints. These priors enhance global consistency for robot navigation, but OSM is often incomplete or outdated, limiting its reliability in real-world deployment. Meanwhile, LiDAR itself suffers from a limited field of view (FoV), where motorized rotation is commonly used to achieve panoramic coverage. Existing motorized LiDAR systems, however, typically emplo…

I finished casting my ballot for the #OpenStreetMap Foundation Board election! (There are about 5 hours left before the deadline.) And because there are only 4 candidates for 3 open seats and 2 candidates are for reelection, ranking them was a lot simpler this year.

Heute vor 68 Jahren: Am 18. August 1957 fand der #Atomtest "Shasta" (15/29) im Rahmen der Operation #Plumbbob in Nevada statt. Sie beinhaltete die höchsten Turmtests in den #USA, umfasste Luftab…

Open Street Map of the 400 Grade II listed telephone boxes in London.
https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/29YN

We are starting the #OpenStreetMap 12-hour global mapathon (UTC 08:00 – 20:00) to celebrate OSM’s 21st birthday! 🎂
If you want to join, check out the following wiki page for details: https://

Auf meinem Rückweg von der #WHY2025, habe ich gestern Abend noch südlich von #Aachen gehalten und bin mit dem #BromptonElectricGLine den

from my link log —
Post-mortem of network outage affecting OpenStreetMap.org in December 2024.
https://operations.osmfoundation.org/2025/02/15/post-mortem.html
saved 2025-02-15

Yesterday we passed some bus stops that had old fridges standing within the shelter to serve as public book cases <3
When adding them to #openstreetmap I saw that "public_bookcase:type=fridge" is already a thing 😂
https://panoramax.openstreetmap.fr/?background=streets&focus=pic&map=17.23/-31.148162/-64.354433&pic=f222f742-c510-4006-8272-8a0eded6c8ca&speed=250&xyz=146.37/-0.93/30
https://panoramax.openstreetmap.fr/?background=streets&focus=pic&map=17.23/-31.147545/-64.34867&pic=7291f65e-c405-410f-af25-6e7a6c1d01fc&speed=250&xyz=147.61/1.31/30

This is the #Garbce stop on railway line 271 (Poznań — Wrocław), renovated a few years ago.
The platforms end a dozen metres from the railway crossing. However, there is no walkway from the platforms to the crossing; probably because it would need to cross a tiny stream. Instead, a 100 m long walkways have been added to the other end of the platforms, with a tunnel joining the platforms and access to a side road in the town. To reach the railway crossing, you have to walk 700 m.
Ironically, even in the general drought the tunnel manages to feature puddles of ground water. Also including the photo of a platform roofing with weird orange marks.
#rail

Heute vor 68 Jahren: Am 19. Juli 1957 fand der #Atomtest "John" (9/29) im Rahmen der Operation #Plumbbob in Nevada statt. Sie beinhaltete die höchsten Turmtests in den #USA, umfasste Luftabwehr …

I finished watching this #Netflix documentary about the #Antwerp 🇧🇪 diamond heist in 2003 and while the film itself is your typical interesting and informative Netflix-style docu, I am again peeved that #OpenStreetMap

Cool, #OpenStreetMap hat jetzt einen Vector Tile Layer, modern, skalierbar, anpassbar, gefällt mir gut!
https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/51.213175/6.776043&layer…

I saw some interesting artefacts in the clouds while doing some #openstreetmap mapping last night.

OSMnx is a Python package to retrieve, model, analyze, and visualize street networks from OpenStreetMap.
Users can download and model walkable, drivable, or bikeable urban networks with a single line of Python code
-- and then easily analyze and visualize them.
You can just as easily download and work with amenities/points of interest, building footprints, elevation data, street bearings/orientations, and network routing.
If you use OSMnx in your work, please downlo…

Ich bzw. die Map-Anwendungen (OpenStreetMap und auch die kommerziellen Pendants) bräuchten sowas wie OPML für RSS, um Kartenfavoriten, Track etc. bequem überall nutzen zu können. Am besten gleich an einer (selbsthostbaren) Stelle zu pflegen.
#OSM #OpenStreetMap

Yes I do care. OrganicMaps this wasn't expected from you.
Go @…
#organicMaps #comsps

Wow. I did 100,090 changes to the #openstreetmap. Since I prefer quality over quantity, I am happy with this milestone
https://hdyc.neis-one.org/?Bogomil Shopov -…

If you wonder about the quality of Google Maps in the second biggest city of Argentina 🤣
#OpenStreetMap

#OpenStreetMap is turning 21 next month! 🥳
If you or your community is organizing an event to celebrate, then add them to the OSM Wiki: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Op

OpenFreeMap
OpenFreeMap lets you display custom maps on your website and apps for free.
🗺️ #openfreemap

When you visit a place where you haven't been before, install the #StreetComplete app and do some of the tasks..
It's like geo caching and helps to improve #openstreetmap - but beware, it can be addictive.- but also quite some fun

#AreYouOk #OpenStreetMap?

#AreYouOk #OpenStreetMap?

I should probably write some Python to do a map thing with OpenStreetMap now that I've learned how incredibly easy it is.

Following our mapping party for OpenStreetMap's birthday, I've been thinking more about the diversity of OSM tools and how they help create and maintain a commons.
#OpenStreetMap

Heute vor 57 Jahren: Am 17. September 1968 zündeten die #USA im Rahmen von Operation Bowline die Atombombe "Stoddard". Bowline war eine Serie von #Kernwaffentests bei der 68/69 insgesamt 58 Bomben im Testgebiet in

Finally got around to visualising the output of our combined drone mapping, collecting street-level imagery, and on-the-ground mapping a couple of weeks ago (c.f. #openstreetmap

@… is looking for a remote #RoR #Ruby developer to work on the websites!
#getfedihired

Heute vor 40 Jahren: Am 17. August 1985 zündeten die #USA im Rahmen von Operation Grenadier die 15. Atombombe "Chamita". Grenadier war eine Serie von #Kernwaffentests bei der 1984/85 insgesamt 16 Bomben im Testgebiet in

Schön war die heutige äh gestrige #CriticalMass in #Zürich. Und mit 25km auch etwas länger als sonst. Mit An- und Abreise waren's für mich 33.5km, die wegen Home-Office heute gut aufs #BikeToWork…

Way: ‪Überlandpark‬ (‪1386852445‬)
OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

WiFi-based Global Localization in Large-Scale Environments Leveraging Structural Priors from osmAG
Xu Ma, Jiajie Zhang, Fujing Xie, S\"oren Schwertfeger
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.10144

WiFi-based Global Localization in Large-Scale Environments Leveraging Structural Priors from osmAG
Global localization is essential for autonomous robotics, especially in indoor environments where the GPS signal is denied. We propose a novel WiFi-based localization framework that leverages ubiquitous wireless infrastructure and the OpenStreetMap Area Graph (osmAG) for large-scale indoor environments. Our approach integrates signal propagation modeling with osmAG's geometric and topological priors. In the offline phase, an iterative optimization algorithm localizes WiFi Access Points (APs) by…

Heute vor 37 Jahren: Am 17.08.1988 zündeten die #USA im Rahmen von Operation Touchstone die 12. Atombombe "Kearsarge". Touchstone war eine Serie von #Kernwaffentests bei der 1987/88 insgesamt 15 Bomben im Testgebiet in

Congratulations @… for getting elected to the #OpenStreetMap Foundation Board! 🎉

ICYMI yesterday: I've been writing about the diversity of tools for contributing to #OpenStreetMap and how this diversity plays a role in creating and maintaining a healthy commons.
https://tzovar.as/tool-diversity/

Die Dresdner #OSM-Community ist wieder auf den @…
Kommt alle vorbei und fragt uns alles zur Freien Weltkarte oder erzählt uns von Euren Projekten. Es gibt bestimmt auch wieder Sticker und eine Karte zum Puzzeln.

OpenStreetMap - Infostand Datenspuren 2025
Mapper und Nutzer*innen von OpenStreetMap zeigen, was alles in der freie Weltkarte steckt

Heute vor 51 Jahren: Am 18 Juli 1974 testen die #USA simultan die Atombomben "Crestlake-Briar" u. "Crestlake-Tansan". Die Operation Bedrock war eine Serie von 27 US-amerikanischen #Kernwaffentests, die 1974/75 auf der Nevada Test Site in Nevada unterirdisch durchgeführt wurde…

I love that one of the accompanying images of the #OpenStreetMap blog post announcing the arrival of the official vector tiles on the OSM website is a map of #Manila’s old Spanish walled city of Intramuros.

That's some amazing 3D mapping work, thanks @… for highlighting it!
#openstreetmap

#Lake #Głodowo, in Głodowo near Konin, #GraterPoland. The closest train stop: Kawnice.
#hiking

I’m amazed that the FOSM site is still alive.
#OpenStreetMap and was created by folks who didn’t want OSM to switch to ODbL away from CC BY-SA back in 2012. If y…

Had a blast at our little #OpenStreetMap birthday celebration. 🍰 🧉
It ended up being too windy to fly drones for long. Instead we recorded street-level images for #panoramax and GPS tracks, in addition to doing a lot of live surveying – using a huge range of tools that allow contributing to OSM!
In no particular order we at least used: @…, @…, @…, @…, HOTOSM's ChatMap, iD and JOSM.
Having so many different ways of making contributions is a real feature.

Heute vor 56 Jahren: Am 16. September 1969 testen die #USA die Atombombe "Jorum". Operation Mandrel war eine Serie von 53 US-amerikanischen #Kernwaffentests, die 1969/70 hauptsächlich auf der Nevada Test Site in Nevada unterirdisch durchgeführt wurde.

I got a commission to render a map of the municipality of Macabebe (and Masantol) in the province of Pampanga, #Philippines 🇵🇭. So here’s a preview of the said map.
Almost all of the data is from #OpenStreetMap.
(Commissions are open if you want maps and like how I create maps. 😉)

After a workshop on mapping with #OpenStreetMap, we attended the #MarchaFederalUniversitaria in Río Cuarto.
A set of more images of openly licensed images in full-size is on Flickr: #darktable #documentaryphotography

Heute vor 68 Jahren: Am 16. September 1957 fand der #Atomtest "Newton" (25/29) im Rahmen der Operation #Plumbbob in Nevada statt. Sie beinhaltete die höchsten Turmtests in den #USA, umfasste Luf…

Oof. #OpenStreetMap minutely replication is currently broken: https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/131884
For me this means that recent edits I made are not queryable via O…

Is OSM partially down? New data isn't able to be queried on the map, and new data isn't being rendered
I’m finding that I can pull data into JOSM and iD that I know exists (due to recently pushed edits), but a query on the map doesn’t list them (not to mention that they also aren’t being rendered; however, when something’s awaiting rendering, I always, at least by my experience, can still query it). For example, this query should list building=toilets, but it doesn’t. If I edit that location in iD I can see the aforementioned feature, and I can also pull it into JOSM, but it isn’t b…

The final @… logo voting is still happening on @… for another day (and a bit)!
Check out the cool designs and leave your 👍 for your favorite(s) here: #openstreetmap

Heute vor 48 Jahren: Am 16. August 1977 zündeten die #USA im Rahmen von Operation Fulcrum die 20. Atombombe "Flotost". Fulcrum war eine Serie von #Kernwaffentests bei der 1976/77 insgesamt 24 Bomben im Testgebiet in

Heute vor 48 Jahren: Am 16.08.1977 zündeten die #USA im Rahmen von Operation Fulcrum simultan die 18. u. 19. Atombombe "Gruyere" und "Gradino". Fulcrum war eine Serie von #Kernwaffentests bei der 1976/77 insgesamt 24 Bomben im Testgebiet in

Happy 21st Birthday @…! 🍰 🥳 🎈
Gonna meet up with friends to celebrate, do some on-the-ground surveying, probably also walk around with a 360° cam to get imagery for @…. And fly a drone, to get some nice aerial imagery while we're at it! 🗺️ 📷
And of course have some cake too 😂
#OpenStreetMap #panoramax

Heute vor 67 Jahren: Am 17.07.1958 kam es bei Enewetak zum Atomtest Operation Hardtack I, "Pisonia". Dieser Test war Teil einer Serie von 35 #Atomtests, die die USA im Sommer 1958 auf den #Marshallinseln im Pazifik durchführten.

Heute vor 56 Jahren: Am 16. Juli 1969 testen die #USA die Atombombe "Ildrim". Operation Mandrel war eine Serie von 53 US-amerikanischen #Kernwaffentests, die 1969 und 1970 hauptsächlich auf der Nevada Test Site in Nevada unterirdisch durchgeführt wurde.

Heute vor 57 Jahren: Am 17. Juli 1968 zündeten die #USA im Rahmen von Operation Bowline die Atombombe "Spud". Bowline war eine Serie von #Kernwaffentests bei der 68/69 insgesamt 58 Bomben im Testgebiet in #Nevada

If anyone else who's in the #OpenStreetMap/#opensource cosmos needs a reason to stop using Organic Maps and switch to some free/open alternatives:
In addition to them rolling their own 'data license', it seems like their recent license modifications for code could also be viewed as violating the Apache license/the creation of a non-FOSS license too.
That the devs are unwilling to give a clear answer to those questions speaks volumes imho…
https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps/pull/10987

Heute vor 44 Jahren: Am 16. Juli 1981 testen die #USA die #Atombombe "Pineau". Die Operation #Guardian war eine Serie von 14 US-amerikanischen

Even took two #panoramax images from the summit 😁 https://panoramax.openstreetmap.fr/?background=streets&focus=map&map=17/-30.958606/-64.323701&speed=250

Heute vor 39 Jahren: Am 17. Juli 1986 zündeten die #USA im Rahmen von Operation Charioteer die 12. Atombombe "Cybar". Charioteer war eine Serie von #Kernwaffentests bei der 1985/86 insgesamt 16 Bomben im Testgebiet in

«Our project [#openstreetmap] is constantly under a threat from technical people, who see it as a database, or a fixed structure, or an API to work with – and not as a community of people with specific knowledge who make the map as a by-product of understanding the world.»
So we'll put by @… ❤️🙏

With the #OpenStreetMap website’s new #VectorTiles, it’s nice to see that we can zoom in to level 23! Unfortunately, if the vector coordinates are not stored with OSM’s 7 decimal places for higher-zoom tiles, then what’s the point of all that zoom? 👀

Today @… and I did our first hike close to our new home, up Cerro Ascochinga, doing some #OpenStreetMap surveying on the side. 🗺️

Not to pat myself on the back, but I'm really happy with how the alt texts of the @… bot that are generated from #openstreetmap tags through an Overpass query.
It makes the alt text show where the image was taken, what's potentially in the frame but also context around it. I enjoy reading them every day!

I feel a while ago I saw website here where you could enter an #openstreetmap building ID and it would make a 3D render based on the 3D annotation. For the life of me I can't find the URL, does anyone have an idea?
@… I think you might have shared it at some point with the bandstand of Greenwich Park 😄
[EDIT: Answered thanks to @… , see options here https://floss.social/@hbond/114965004674098103 ]

As expected, @… (OpenStreetMap France) has bid to host #StateOfTheMap 2026 in #Paris, #France

Heute vor 68 Jahren: Am 14. September 1957 fand der #Atomtest "Fizeau" (24/29) im Rahmen der Operation #Plumbbob in Nevada statt. Sie beinhaltete die höchsten Turmtests in den #USA, umfasste Luf…

First things first when moving in: fixing the wrong street name on #openstreetmap 😅😁

Heute vor 51 Jahren: Am 14 August 1974 testen die #USA die Atombombe "Puye". Die Operation Bedrock war eine Serie von 27 US-amerikanischen #Kernwaffentests, die 1974/75 auf der Nevada Test Site in Nevada unterirdisch durchgeführt wurde.

Heute vor 56 Jahren: Am 14. August 1969 testen die #USA zwei Atombomben "Spider-1" und "Spider-2". Operation Mandrel war eine Serie von 53 US-amerikanischen #Kernwaffentests, die 1969/70 hauptsächlich auf der Nevada Test Site in Nevada unterirdisch durchgeführt wurde.

Heute vor 56 Jahren: Am 14. August 1969 testen die #USA simultan die Atombomben "Spider-1" u. "Spider-2". Operation Mandrel war eine Serie von 53 US-amerikanischen #Kernwaffentests, die 1969/70 hauptsächlich auf der Nevada Test Site in Nevada unterirdisch durchgeführt wurde.

Heute vor 40 Jahren: Am 14. August 1985 zündeten die #USA im Rahmen von Operation Grenadier die 14. Atombombe "Cebrero". Grenadier war eine Serie von #Kernwaffentests bei der 1984/85 insgesamt 16 Bomben im Testgebiet in

Heute vor 67 Jahren: Am 14.07.1958 kam es bei Enewetak zum Atomtest Operation Hardtack I, "Scaevola". Dieser Test war Teil einer Serie von 35 #Atomtests, die die USA im Sommer 1958 auf den #Marshallinseln im Pazifik durchführten.

Slowly making some progress with mapping out our new neighborhood!
Before/After created with #OpenStreetMap

«Komoot’s core tech of Leaflet map, Graphhopper routing engine, and #OpenStreetMap data are all free, open-source projects. This is in addition to all the open-source web servers, databases, and operating systems that tech companies build upon. They leech off the open-source commons»
I'm convinced that this is one of the big reasons why we need some form of @… sooner rather than later, to ensure our commons can be saved from corp capture.

Heute vor 47 Jahren: Am 13.09.1978 zündeten die #USA im Rahmen von Operation Cresset die 19. Atombombe "Diablo Hawk". Cresset war eine Serie von #Kernwaffentests bei der 1977/78 insgesamt 23 Bomben im Testgebiet in

Heute vor 56 Jahren: Am 12. September 1969 testen die #USA die Atombombe "Minute Steak". Operation Mandrel war eine Serie von 53 US-amerikanischen #Kernwaffentests, die 1969/70 hauptsächlich auf der Nevada Test Site in Nevada unterirdisch durchgeführt wurde.

Heute vor 57 Jahren: Am 12. September 1968 zündeten die #USA im Rahmen von Operation Bowline die Atombombe "Knife-A". Bowline war eine Serie von #Kernwaffentests bei der 68/69 insgesamt 58 Bomben im Testgebiet in